Reappraisal of the optimal fasting time for insulin tolerance tests in mice

Objective: Most studies routinely use overnight or 6 h of fasting before testing metabolic glucose homeostasis in mice. Other studies used empirically shorter fasting times (<6 h). We attempted to determine the shortest fasting time required for optimal insulin responsiveness while minimizing met...

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Main Authors: Deborah Carper, Marine Coué, Claire Laurens, Dominique Langin, Cedric Moro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877820301320